Adjustable sink bracket



ck 1936. E. c. DAUGHERTY ADJUSTABLE SINK BRACKET Filed 00;. 20, 1954 Y I 3mm Eapa/ugheriy Patented Mar. 24, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADJUSTABLE SINK BRACKET Edwin C. Daugherty, Warren, Ohio Application October 20, 1934', Serial No. 749,300

4 Claims.

This invention relates to supporting means for sinks, lavatories and the like and more particularly to an adjustable supporting means for articles of a relatively heavy nature which are supported in outstanding relation to a wall.

An object of this invention is to provide a bracket structure which is so constructed that the article engaged with the bracket may be leveled by the adjustable means forming part of the bracket so that the bracket may be firmly secured to one or more of the studs in a wall and to thereby firmly hold the heavy fixture in outstanding relation to the wall.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bracket structure of this kind which not only includes means to secure the vertical side of a sink or lavatory to the wall but also includes means whereby the bottom portion of the fixture may be supported so as to partially relieve the strain normally applied to the supporting lugs or means carried by the rear portion of the fixture.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be described and in part be understood from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of a bracket structure constructed according to the embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken substantially through the center of one of the members form- I ing part of the bracket structure shown in Figure 1 and showing a sink or fixture mounted on the bracket.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary rear elevation of one of the bracket members disclosed in Figure. 1.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the views, the numeral I0 designates generally a housing which is provided with outstanding arms or lugs l2 and I3 having holes 14 therethrough by means of which screws, bolts or the like may be used to attach the housing I 0 to the side of a wall.

In sink and lavatory structures at present available, these fixtures have lugs shown as an example at [5 in Figure 2 carried by the rear or vertical wall I6 of the sink or lavatory structure generally designated as S. A slide or socket member I! is disposed within the housing l0 and at its upper side is provided with a lug receiving opening or socket [8 in which the lug I5 is received. The slide or socket member I! has a forwardly extending guide lug l9 on the front side thereof which slidably engages in an elongated vertcially extending opening 20 provided in the front wall of the housing Ill.

The lower portion or end of the housing It, has a slide adjusting bolt 2| threaded thereinto which is adapted to extend through the lower portion of the housing Ill and engage in a recess 22 provided in the lower end of the slide IT. The lower end of the adjusting member 2| has a nut face or head 23 so that the adjusting member 2i may be adjusted by means of a wrench .or other tool after the sink structure S is engaged with the socket member or slide [1. As shown in Figure 1, there are two of these housings I0 and these housings III are connected together by forming the lug l2 of one housing integral with the adjacent lug of the other housing.

It will, of course, be understood that if desired, the housings l0 may be separated and each housing provided with individual lugs l2 and I3 so that they may be secured individually to the side of a wall. As these two housings shown in Figure 1 are of similar. construction, it is believed unnecessary to describe the details of construction of the other of the housings which is shown in Figure 1.

Where sink structures S have a relativelyfiat bottom and are relatively wide so that undue strain is placed on the supporting lugs 15, the bottom of the sink S may also be supported by means of an elongated arm or supporting mem-'- ber 24. The supporting member 24 has its inner end provided with a substantially right angle plate 25 adapted to engage against the side of the wall below the housing Ill and the supporting member 24 is provided adjacent its inner end with a second plate 26 secured to a side of the supporting member 24 and engaging about the belt or adjusting member 2| below the housing l0.

In practice, the inner portion of the bar or supporting member 24 is partially bent so as to form with the plate 26 a round opening in which the adjusting bolt H is loosely received. An adjusting or looking nut 2! is threaded onto the adjusting bolt 2| below the supporting bar 24 and forms a means whereby the supporting bar 24 may be moved vertically and upwardly against the bot- 50 tom of the sink S, as shown in Figure 2, so as to coact with the lug l5 in firmly holding the sink S in the desired position.

In the use of the bracket structure'hereinbefore described, the housings ID are secured to the face 55 of a wall in substantially a horizontal position and at substantially the height desired for supporting the sink in the desired position. Where the housings ID are constructed to be used with a particular type of sink or lavatory, several of these housings may be coupled together as shown in Figure 1 by extending the lugs I2 and [3 to form an elongated bar connecting the two housings together. After the lugs l2 and I 3 have been bolted or secured to the face of the wall, the sink S is placed on the supporting socket members I! with the lug l5 engaging in the recess or socket I8. After the sink has been initially mounted on the wall with the lugs l5 engaging in the sockets H, the adjusting bolts or members 2| may beturned so as to either raise or lower one or more of the socket members I! and to thereby adjust the level and the height of the sink. When the sink has been suitably-adjusted, the bottom engaging members 24 may be placed on the bolts 2! and the nuts 21 tightened so as to firmly press the supporting arms or mem bers 24 against the bottom of the sink.

Through the use of the sink supporting means hereinbefore described, it is possible to mount the sink beneath the sill of a window without removing the sill as is the case in sink supporting structures at present available as the supporting means hereinbefore described may be disposed below the sill a sufficient distance to permit the lug IE to engage the slide l1 and then the slide I! can be raised by the adjusting member 2| so that the top of the bibb or rear portion of the sink will closely engage the bottom of the sill. The lug l9 acts as a means to limit the vertical movement of the slide 11 particularly the upward movement so that the slide I! will not be raised out of the guide housing Ill. The lower end of the slide H is also held against tilting or inward movement 7 against the wall by reason of the engagement in the recess 22 of the upper end of the bolt or adjusting member 2|. It will also be understood that the outstanding arms 24 may be changed, these arms having a configuration to closely engage the bottom of the particular type of sink being supported from the bracket structure hereinbefore described.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that an exceedingly simple means has been provided for supporting sinks, lavatories or like fixtures from the side of a wall in a manner whereby the weight of the fixtures will not pull out the screws, bolts or the like, and so that the supporting means for the fixtures may be secured to the studs in the wall rather than to the laths as is the case where it is not possible to support the fixture in the desired position with the supporting means secured in the studs.

What is claimed is:-

1. A supporting means as set forth, comprising a housing, means for attaching the housing to a vertical support, a socket member slidably carried by the housing and having a lug receiving recess, means extending through the lower portion of the housing for adjusting the socket member relative to the housing, an outstanding arm having its inner end loosely engaged with the adjusting means, a plate secured to the inner end of the arm to hold the arm against swinging movement and means engaging said adjusting means and said arm for tightening the arm to the bottom of an article supported from said socket member.

2. A supporting means as set forth, comprising a housing, means for attaching the housing to a vertical support, a socket member slidably carried by the housing and having a recess to receive a lug carried by an article to be supported from the socket member, a threaded member extending vertically'through the lower portion of the housing and engaging the bottom of the socket member to vertically adjust the socket member in the housing, a horizontally disposed arm, means for mounting the arm on the adjusting means, means carried by the arm for holding said arm against horizontal swinging movement while permitting vertical adjustment thereof, and means carried by said adjusting means for tightening the arm beneath the bottom of an article supported from the socket member.

3. A supporting means as set forth, comprising a housing, means for attaching the housing to a vertical support, a socket member slidably carried by the housing and having a lug receiving recess, means extending through the lower portion of the housing for adjusting the socket member relative to the housing, an outstanding arm having its inner end loosely engaged with the adjusting means, a plate secured to the inner end of the arm to hold the arm against swinging movement, and a nut threadably engaging the adjusting means and engaging the arm for tightening the arm to the bottom of an article supported from said socket member.

4. A supporting means as set forth comprising a housing, a vertically slidable socket in the housing having an upwardly opening lug receiving recess, a threaded adjusting member carried by the housing and engaging against the lower end of the socket member to vertically adjust the socket member in the housing, said housing having an elongated vertically extending slot therein and a lug carried by the socket member and extending into the slot, said slot limiting the vertical movement of the socket member in either direction,

EDWIN C. DAUGHERTY. 

